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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.EU reform to scrap mobile roaming feesThe European Parliament on Thursday endorsed a sweeping package of EU telecommunications reforms, including a much-awaited measure to end roaming charges for cross-border mobile phone use.http://phys.org/news315746015.html
TechnologyThu, 03 Apr 2014 12:13:46 EDTnews315746015New report outlines how network technology must increase efficiency to meet rising energy demandsThe collective power consumption of core networks is outpacing technological advancements in energy efficiency, putting a strain on growth in the IT and telecommunications industry—and potentially on global energy resources.http://phys.org/news296148159.html
TechnologyMon, 19 Aug 2013 16:22:48 EDTnews296148159Wireless show expected to draw crowds to BarcelonaWhen the top executives of the world's wireless industry gather next week in Barcelona, Spain, for their annual trade show, cellphones will take a back seat to talk of cars, electric meters and insulin monitors.http://phys.org/news280779216.html
TechnologyFri, 22 Feb 2013 18:13:46 EDTnews280779216Researchers make progress in understanding, predicting solder joint failures(Phys.org)—The reliability and longevity of electronics are critical to our interconnected world that is so dependent upon Internet and telecommunications technology. The computers, routers and switches, phones, and all the devices that link us together must be dependable down to the solder joints that connect integrated circuits to circuit boards, which can be an Achilles heel in an otherwise failure-free device.http://phys.org/news268989317.html
PhysicsTue, 09 Oct 2012 08:15:35 EDTnews268989317Small GEO satellite platform lands at ESAAfter a careful four-day road trek from Switzerland, the first model of the Small GEO communications satellite platform has arrived at ESA for testing.http://phys.org/news265458313.html
Astronomy & SpaceWed, 29 Aug 2012 11:25:23 EDTnews265458313Verizon CEO 's pay rose in 2011, despite retiring(AP) -- Despite retiring as CEO of Verizon Communications Inc. in August, Ivan Seidenberg earned more in 2011 than he did in the last two full years of work.http://phys.org/news251462703.html
TechnologyTue, 20 Mar 2012 11:45:07 EDTnews251462703Countries consider time out on the 'leap second'It's high noon for the humble leap second. After ten years of talks, governments are headed for a showdown vote this week on an issue that pits technological precision against nature's whims.http://phys.org/news246022408.html
EarthTue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:04 EDTnews246022408Smartphone war pauses as world mourns Steve JobsThe launch of a hot new Google smartphone was delayed on Friday as the world mourned the loss of legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and sales began of the latest iPhone.http://phys.org/news237223561.html
TechnologyFri, 07 Oct 2011 16:26:12 EDTnews237223561Satellite loss deals 'severe blow' to Russia: experts The loss of a communications satellite touted as Europe's most powerful is a new blow to Russia's space programme and a major setback for its telecoms industry, officials and analysts said Friday.http://phys.org/news232967626.html
Astronomy & SpaceFri, 19 Aug 2011 10:14:05 EDTnews232967626Manipulating light at willElectrical engineers at Duke University have developed a material that allows them to manipulate light in much the same way that electronics manipulate flowing electrons.http://phys.org/news231414613.html
PhysicsMon, 01 Aug 2011 11:50:27 EDTnews231414613Poor households take lead in abandoning landlines(AP) -- In a financial and technological role reversal, a growing number of Americans are getting rid of their old telephones and using only cellphones, a trend being led not by the high-tech elite but by people in poorer states as a way to save money.http://phys.org/news222521806.html
TechnologyWed, 20 Apr 2011 12:37:03 EDTnews222521806Obama signs technology access bill for disabled(AP) -- Blind and deaf people soon will be able to more easily use smart phones, the Internet and other technologies that have become staples of life and the workplace.http://phys.org/news205769547.html
TechnologyFri, 08 Oct 2010 15:12:40 EDTnews205769547Motorola sues Apple for patent infringementMotorola, just days after being targeted in a patent suit by Microsoft, filed complaints against Apple on Wednesday alleging that the iPhone, iPad and other products infringe its patents.http://phys.org/news205600660.html
TechnologyWed, 06 Oct 2010 16:40:01 EDTnews205600660Change needed in telecom regulation: researchersThe Internet has had an obviously revolutionary effect on the way people find and disseminate information; but it's had no less revolutionary an effect on the organization of the telecommunications industry. Where the industry was, in the past, dominated by a few huge companies with aligned interests, it's now a tumult of startups charging hard in different directions. Google and Facebook became billion-dollar companies with virtually no control over the networks on which their services depend, and there's no guarantee that their interests will converge with those of Verizon and Comcast.http://phys.org/news205575807.html
TechnologyWed, 06 Oct 2010 09:23:45 EDTnews205575807New method developed for synchronizing clocksMaintaining the correct time is no longer just a matter of keeping your watch wound -- especially when it comes to computers, telecommunications, and other complex systems. The clocks in these devices must stay accurate to within nanoseconds because their oscillators -- objects, like quartz crystals, which repeat the same motion over and over again -- are synchronized to agree with the clocks on board Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites.http://phys.org/news198861378.html
PhysicsTue, 20 Jul 2010 16:40:05 EDTnews198861378As Google, AT&T feud simmers, a partnership waits in the wingsIt's not often that phone sex lines and Benedictine nuns enter into debates on telecommunications industry regulation, but AT&T Inc. and Google Inc. are making it happen.http://phys.org/news175270986.html
TechnologyTue, 20 Oct 2009 15:40:01 EDTnews175270986$100 million question: Where's broadband in US?(AP) -- The national stimulus package passed by Congress in February may have been too enthusiastic about spending money on one particular project: figuring out where broadband Internet access is available and how fast it is.http://phys.org/news171986913.html
TechnologySat, 12 Sep 2009 15:09:20 EDTnews171986913China Mobile reports half-year profit up 1.5 percent China Mobile, the nation's largest mobile phone operator, on Thursday reported a 1.5 percent rise in half-year net profit, as it was hit by strong competition and a slow economy.http://phys.org/news169964048.html
TechnologyThu, 20 Aug 2009 05:50:02 EDTnews169964048Google and others urge inventory of national airwavesIn a rare show of unity over national communications policy, Google, the wireless industry and consumer advocates have come together to support a bill that would require the federal government to take a complete inventory of the national airwaves to determine what spectrum is being used, how it is being used and who is using it.http://phys.org/news160850607.html
TechnologyWed, 06 May 2009 17:44:17 EDTnews160850607China Mobile reports 2008 net profit up 30 percent China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone network operator, said Thursday its profits jumped by 30 percent last year, but warned China's telecoms market faced a tough 2009.http://phys.org/news156664715.html
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